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 A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE sokemen held. One was a house-carl of king Edward's, the other a man of earl Lewin, and they could sell. The Count himself holds AIDEBERIE [Aid- bury]. It is assessed at 10 hides. There is land for 7 ploughs. In the demesne are 6 hides, and on it are 3 ploughs ; and 8 villeins and (cum) i sokeman and i Frenchman have 4 ploughs. There is I bordar and there are 4 serfs. Meadow is there of half a hide, 1 woodland to feed 500 swine. Its total value is 1 10 shillings; when received it was 8 pounds ; and 8 pounds also T.R.E. This manor Alwin, a thegn of king Edward, held. In PENTLAI [Pendley] the Count himself holds 2 hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. There i villein and (cum) 6 bordars have i plough, and there could be another. Meadow is there sufficient for a plough team and a half-plough team. It is worth 30 shillings ; when received it was 2O shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shillings. This land Eddeva the nun held of Ingelric and could not assign it (dare). These 2 hides are part of the 7 hides which the count of Mortain took from (sumpsit in) Treunge [Tring]. Humfrey holds of the Count WIGENTONE [Wigginton]. It is assessed at 7! hides and of a half-hide. There is land for 5 ploughs. On the demesne is i, and there could be another. There 5 villeins have 2 ploughs, and there could be a third. There are 6 cottars and i serf, and i mill worth (de) 5 shillings. Meadow is there sufficient for i plough team, woodland to feed 100 swine. Its total value is 4 pounds ; when received it was 40 shil- lings ; T.R.E. 6 pounds. Of this manor 3^ hides were held by Brictric, one of queen Eddid's men ; and Goduin, one of Engelric's men, held 3 hides and of a half-hide. They could not assign (dare) or sell their land to separate it from (extra) Tredung [Tring]. These are (part) of the 7 hides which the count of Mortain took out of (de) Treung [Tring]. And Leuric, Osulf 's man, held a half-hide and could sell. The other half-hide belonged to (jacuit in) Berchamstede. Fulcold holds BUBLECOTE [Gubblecote] of the Count. It is assessed at i hide and a half. There is land for i plough and a half-plough. 1 Pratum dim' hid" in the text. The meadow formula is so regular that this must be another slip of the Domesday scribe, who has written hid' for car'. The meaning therefore must be ' meadow for half a plough team' (J.H.R.). On the demesne is i plough, and 3 villeins have a half-plough between them. There are 2 bordars, and i mill worth (de) 12 shillings and 4 pence. Meadow is there sufficient for 2 plough teams. Its value is and was 30 shillings; T.R.E. 40 shillings. This land Eddeva held of Ingelric. She could not put it (mittere) out of Tredung [Tring]. This land is (part) of the 7 hides which the count of Mortain took out of (de) Tredung [Tring]. In MISSEWELLE [Miswell in Tring] Ralf holds of the Count a half-hide. There is land for a half-plough, 2 and meadow sufficient for a half-plough team. It is and was worth 4 shillings ; T.R.E. 10 shillings. This land Wiga, a man of Osulf son of Frane, held, and he could sell. Lewin holds of the Count BURE [? Boors- croft farm]. It is assessed at i hide and a half. There is land for i plough, and the plough is there on the demesne, and 4 cottars. Meadow is there sufficient for a half-plough team. It is worth 20 shillings and 9 pence ; when received it was 10 shillings ; T.R.E. 20 shillings and 9 pence. This land the same Lewin held of king Edward and could sell. He holds it now of the Count 'at ferm ' (ad firmam). 3 In DANESLAI [Dunsley in Tring] a widow holds of the Count part of a half-hide. There is land for i ox (to plough). It has always been worth 12 pence. This land Ingelric held, being part of the land of 7 hides of Tredung [Tring] which the Count took (therefrom). The Count himself holds HAMELAMESTEDE [Hemel Hempstead]. It is assessed at 10 hides. There is land for 30 ploughs. In the demesne are 3 hides, and on it are 4 ploughs, and there could be 2 more. There 2 French- men and (cum) 13 bordars have 20 ploughs (between them), and there could be 4 more ploughs. There are 8 serfs, and 4 mills worth 37 shillings and 4 pence, and the yield of eels is 300 less 25. Meadow is there sufficient for 4 plough teams, pasture sufficient for the live stock and (worth) 2 shillings (be- sides), woodland to feed 1,200 swine. In all its value is 22 pounds ; when received it was 25 pounds; and 25 also T.R.E. This manor 2 brothers held ; they were earl Lewin's men. were there (J.H.R.). 8 i.e. as a rent-paying tenant. 318
 * The record omits to state whether the oxen